Steam-pipe support for articulated locomotives



M r h 15 1927.-

a c J. c. MARIS ET AL STEAM PIPE SUPPORT FOR ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES Filgd Sept. 1926 IiiL and ajsteam supply pipe leading from the distributer to thecylinder, said pipe having a horizontal section and a Vertical section connected by flexible joints With springs, one located on one side of the pipe and the other located on the opposite side thereof, one end of each spring being attached to the inner end of the horizontal pipe and the upper endbeing attached to the distributer.

3. The combination in an articulated 10- v comotive with a front and rear frame; a

boiler mounted on the rear frame and extending over the front frame; a cylinder structure mounted on the front frame; a distributer located under the smoke-box of the boiler, the steam supply pipe leading from the center of the distributer tothe cylinder structure, said pipe consisting of a horizontal section and a vertical section; ball joints connecting the sections of the pipe; flexible joints on the distributer and the cylinder structure; a bracket at each side of the inner end of the horizontal section of the pipe brackets depending from the distributerso and bars secured to the brackets; eye-bolts attached to the bar and to the brackets on the pipe; and coiled springs connecting the eye-bolts, the springs being arranged atan angle so as to return 0 the pipe to its central normal position.

JAMES c. MARIS. V HENRY K. HARWICK. 

